Topic: Giant Magnetic Loop Stretches Between Two Stars

[sam]

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/01/13/giant-magnetic-loop-stretches-between-two-stars/

Using a collection of radio telescopes, astronomers have found a giant magnetic loop stretched outward from one of the stars making up the famous binary star system Algol, located in the constellation Perseus. "This is the first time we've seen a feature like this in the magnetic field of any star other than the Sun," said William Peterson, of the University of Iowa.

[Clive]

When I first started looking at the sky, Algol was one of my favourite targets to observe. 

[sam]

tis still pretty beautiful to look at.